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 Bringing Down The Moon - Jonathan Emmett
Description: ISBN 0744575524 / Author: Jonathan Emmett / Genre: Junior Books / Hot-diggerty! Whatever's that? exclaims Mole as he burrows out of the ... more  Bringing Down The Moon - Jonathan Emmett ... ground one night and catches sight of the moon. He thinks it's the most beautiful thing he's ever seen and he wants it, so he sets about trying to pull it down - to no avail. When all of his efforts prove to be in vain, he suddenly notices the moon's in a puddle at his feet and reaches to pick it up...and breaks it. Poor Mole's inconsolable, until he is shown that the moon is not broken at all, but just as beautiful as ever, hanging in the sky like a bright silver coin. And it's not as near as it looks!Newest Review: ... enough for a short story and perhaps ideal for a bedtime. The story is basically about a small mole aptly called ... more ... "mole" that sees the moon up in the night sky and thinks, "…that it was the most beautiful thing that he had ever seen." He decides that he must have the moon and continues through out the book to try to get the moon down.
Whilst trying to get the moon mole wakes a few friends of his such as rabbit, hedgehog and squirrel who all tell mole that he will never be able to bring down the moon. Mole carries on regardless and try as he might he cannot get near enough.
Mole attempts to climb a large tree as he se...more |
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Bringing Down The Moon - Jonathan Emmett: Fly Me To The Moon (605 words)
by newby2 - written on 18.10.07 (Very useful, 57 readings)
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Bringing down The Moon By Jonathan Emmett and illustrated by Vanessa Cabban After my recent and ever so successful trip to our local library we came back with about seven books all ranging in story and format. This particular book grabbed my attention, as it is in board book format so easy for Jack to grab hold of and try and turn the page himself! Of course getting it from the library is the cheapest way to enjoy the book but the price on the cover is a reasonable £4.99 pence. The book consists of 24 large board type pages each one has a brilliant illustration coving the entire page with writing over the top of the picture. There are not too ...
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